Grammar

Identify the subject of the sentence.

The beautiful rainbow soon faded away.

• faded away soon .

• The beautiful rainbow

Identify the compound subject.

Harry and his friends helped the poor old man.

• Harry and his friends

• helped the poor old man

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

This job needs to be done quickly and accurately.

• This job

• needs to be done quickly and accurately

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

The boy stood on the burning deck

• The boy

• stood on the burning deck

Identify the subject of the sentence.

The reader concludes that Scrooge is a despicable character.

• The reader

• concludes that Scrooge is a despicable character

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

My mother and my aunt are trained classical dancers.

• My mother and my aunt

• are trained classical dancers

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

On Saturday mornings,my friends and I play football in the park.

• My friends and I

• play football in the park, on Saturday mornings

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

The ozone layer over Antarctica is getting larger every year.

• The ozone layer over Antarctica

• is getting larger every year

Identify the subject of the sentence.

In most English sentences the subject comes before the predicate.

• The subject

• comes before the predicate in most English sentences

Identify the predicate of the sentence.

A glacier is a river of ice slowly moving down the mountain.

• A glacier

• is a river of ice slowly moving down the mountain